UHM Urasenke Tea Students Offer Hatsudate, New Year’s Tea

On Saturday, January 12, 2013, UHM Tea Instructor Ogawa and his students prepared the first tea of the New Year at Jaku’an. Guests including long-time practitioners of Chadō in Hawai’i, enjoyed O-seichi Ryōri, or New Year’s delicacies. Classes about tea at UHM include Chadō, The Way of Tea Practicum (ASAN 324) and Tea in Japanese History & Culture (HIST 323). The UH Center for Japanese Studies is the home of the Dr. Sōshitsu Sen International Way of Tea Center.